62-62. Mission

When I first came to Vafol, I was speechless when I saw the streets of the city.

I had never seen any non-human species before.

Issa and Isabella were both human, and the people in the town that was under the castle were all human, so I had never seen beastmen or any other species that were different from humans before.

So when I saw people of different species walking the streets of Vafol, I was strongly surprised and impressed.

When we arrived in town, we were almost penniless, but we killed monsters and other things on the way and took what we thought would be money before we went to town.

I had hunted at Issa's house, so my resistance to killing monsters was much lessened then, so I was able to kill them.

I had never been involved in fighting or violence in Japan, but that has changed a lot since I came to this world.

So when I sold what I took in the marketplace, I got a good amount of money, so at first I would use that money to look around the town.

I was uncharacteristically frolicking in the sights.

It was rather quiet in Issa, which is usually noisy. I think I was looking around the town as if I were reminiscing about the old days.

I was especially excited when I discovered the library.

I had given up on the idea that I wouldn't be able to read books since I came to another world, but I remember feeling very happy that it was there.

I didn't go into the library that day, but continued my sightseeing.

It wasn't all fun and games with continued sightseeing.

There was a huge gap between the rich and the poor in this town, and if you went a little further to the outskirts of town, you would find people living on the streets who had nowhere to live. Their clothes were dirty, their bodies were so emaciated that they probably couldn't even eat properly.

It was not only adults but also children who were forced into such conditions.

It was not safe, and I experienced being surrounded by men.

In the past, I would have been too scared to move when I was surrounded, but with Issa behind me, I managed to muster up the courage to do so.

My level at that time was quite high and my status was excellent, so I could easily get rid of them if I fought them, as there were few people who were better than that.

When I saw the current situation in this town, I knew that this was my role.

Helping the poor and suffering people, I thought, was what I could do with these skills.

I stayed at the inn that day and the next day I immediately started working.

'What are we going to do?'

Issa asked.

'Those people seem to be starving and suffering anyway, so I'm here to give them the purple water of my skills.

That's what I did at first, I decided. First of all, I wouldn't feel like doing anything if I was hungry.

A little lick of purple water is all it takes to relieve my hunger.

It's not a trick, it's really nourishing and you can even live and grow on purple water alone.

Furthermore, purple water revives at a faster rate than other water that you use.

It only takes 10 minutes to go from all used to full.

I bought a small barrel, transferred the purple water, filled it up and took it to the poor.

When I was in Japan I wasn't strong at all, but now that I'm at a higher level, I'm stronger and able to walk around with the barrel with ease.

They say that if you lick the water in the barrel after you arrive, you won't be hungry. But what purple water is, at first glance, a poison. No one will lick it.

I will lick it myself and prove that it is not poisonous.

Still no one comes to lick it, but one child is urged by his father to come and lick the purple water. He wasn't a very good one, using the child as a poison watcher, but this was a good place to have someone to lick.

The kid would dip his fingers in the water and lick it off.

'Great!　I'm really hungry!

When the children said this, to their horror, the adults also approached the barrel and went to lick the water.

Then, when they were really full, they came in droves for water, knowing that they were full.

Some people would scoop up the water into bottles or something and try to take it home.

There was a big commotion and I was puzzled as to what to do at that time.

Anyway, we decided to get everyone away from the kegs at one point to get the ruckus under control.

They resisted, but that's where Issa and I would manage by force.

The poor people are low level and cannot compete with me and Issa, who are leveled up to the limit.

I was able to get them all away from the barrel.

I then explained that this was something I put out with my skills and showed them how I used [Rainbow Divine Water] to put out purple water.

Water comes out in large quantities every day, and even just a lick of it will stop my hunger, so I don't need that much in large quantities. I told them that I would raise the water whenever they wanted it and that I wanted them to form a line and take the right amount in turn, without acting like they were going to riot. We also declared that we would never give water to anyone who couldn't follow that rule.

When the poor people listened to me, they prostrated themselves and called me a "saint" and began to receive water by following the rules properly.

That was the first time I was called a saint.

I never imagined that the name would stick with me after that.